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 ## Instructions for attendees
 
 
-These notebooks can be run in the `fslpython` environment using:
-
+To run the practicals on your own computer, open a terminal and copy+paste the
+following commands:
 
 ```
 git clone https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/win-pytreat.git
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ cd win-pytreat
 fslpython -m notebook
 ```
 
-A page should open in your web browser - to access the practicals, navigate
-into one of the `getting_started`, `advanced_programming`, or `applications`
+This will create a new directory on your computer called `~/win-pytreat/`, and
+should cause a page to open in your web browser - in this page, navigate into
+one of the `getting_started`, `advanced_programming`, or `applications`
 directories, and click on the `.ipynb` file you are interested in.
 
 > **Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)** users - if the browser does not open automatically try:
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ directories, and click on the `.ipynb` file you are interested in.
 > Start `jupyter notebook` with the `--no-browser` option and then copy & paste the URL in the terminal to your browser:
 >   ```
 >   fslpython -m notebook --no-browser
->   ``` 
+>   ```
 >
 > OR
 >